Printing device



April 22, 1930. E. F. RICHTER PRINTING DEVICE Find July 23, 1928 30G MHOL ZIOVILLH Patented Apr. 22, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ELMEB F. RICHTER, OF PARK RIDGE, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO ADDBESSOGRAPH COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE PRINTING DEVICE Application led .Tuly 23, 1928. Serial No. 294,754.

This invention relates to printing devices of the kind which are adapted to be run through an addressing machine for taking lmpressions therefrom and to be stored in trays or drawers in accordance with any desired classification.

The object of this invention is to provide a printing device which is light inV weight but which has a relatively large information space and is provided with retaining means for detachably holding a printing plate having embossed type characters thereon.

And a further object of the invention is to provide a cardboard printing device having i an opening in which a printlng plate is detachably mounted in a strong and substantial manner.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown selected embodiments of the invention and referring thereto f Fig. 1 is an elevation of a printing device with one kind of retaining means for' detachably holding the plate.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is an elevation of a printing device having another form of plate retaining means.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view on the line 6-6 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 7 is a detail view showing the lower portion of printing plate 18.

Referring to Figs. 1-3 of the drawings, the printing device comprises a body 7 which may be made of cardboard or other light material having an o ening 8 in its lower por tion to receive a prlnting plate 9 having type characters embossed thereon for printing an address or other matter. A backing 10 is arranged on the back of the body over the o ening 8 and it is provided with rongs 11 w ich are forced through the bodjy for securing the backing to the body. At the lower edge of the backing the central portion 10 thereof extends below the lower edge of the open- '50 ing 8 and prongs 11 are provided on this extension to engage the body like the prongs 11.` On each side of this extension 10 the lower edge of the backing is bent to form beads 12, 12 to receive the lower ed e of the plate 9. Lips 13 are stamped up rom the acking to engage the ends of the plate 9 and co-operate with the beads 12 for holding the plate on the backing. In this form of my invention the plate is provided with notches 14, and yielding locking devices 15 are formed from the backing to engage these notches for locking the plate in place on the backing. The end edges of the opening 8 are cut away at, 16 to permit access to the locking devices 15 for depressing them to permit removal of the plate. In the construction of Figs. 4-6 the backing is provided with a yielding locking device 17 to engage one end of the plate 18 and with a lip 19 to engage the other end of the late, and the bottom edge 'of the backing is ent to form a bead 20 which has a plurality of arallel inclined spaced slits or cuts 21 with t e upper corners 22 formed by said cuts inturned to engage or to lie in close proximity to the body of the backing. The printing plate 18 is provided at its lower edge with inclined teeth or projections 23 which are adapted to engage the slitted bead 20 by a downward movement, and to interlockingly engage the inturned corners 22 by a lateral movement from right to left, Fig. 4. The opening 8 in the body is somewhat larger than the plate so that the latter may be placed upon the backing over the locking device 17 and then moved down until the teeth or projections 23 engage'the bead after which the plate is moved laterally to the left, Fig. 4, to engage the lip 19 whereupon the locking device 17 will engage the other end of the plate. This plate is held on the backing against, endwise movement by the lip 19 and the lookin device 17, against. up movement by the teet or projections 23 and the inturned corners 22, and against down movement by the bead 20, so that it will be 95 held in proper position'on the backing and in the opening of the body just as the plate 9 is held in the body of Fig. 1. The openings 8 and 8 are made as wide as desired to accommodate particular printing plates or printing plates of dii'erent widths, including the widest plates. In the construction of Fig. 1 all of these plates will be provided at the same location with notches 14 to engage the locking devices 15; in the construction of Fig. 4 all of the printing plates will. be provided with the teeth or projections 23. The body can be made in any desired size and it is capable of being made large because it is not only light in weight but because substantial provision is made for mountin therein the detachable rinting plate. The acking may be made o metal, in which case the prongs can be stamped up therefrom, or the backing can be made of other material and prongs or staples or other well-known and suitable fastening devices provided for securing the backing to the body. Both faces of the body may be ruled or printed in any manner for receiving record information andfclassifying or selecting means may be located in or on the margins of the body in a Well known manner. The backing constitutes a strong and substantial support for the printing plate and from which the retaining means may be formed by stamping. Printing plates of various widths may be used interchangeably in the device and in Fig. 1 I have indicated a narrow size plate and in Fig. 4 a wide size plate. The plate of Fig. 1 may be inserted in the lips 13 at its lower corners and then moved down on the backing over the locking devices 15 until the latter engage the notches. and this late may be removed by depressing both locging devices and then sliding the plate up until it clears the lips. Or the plate of Fig. 1 may be inserted by arranging it in inclined position engaging the left lip 13 and the lei't end notch engaging the left locking device, as indicated in broken lines in Fig. 1, and then moving it down into engagement With the right lip 13 and until the right notch engages the right locking device. To facilitate insertion and removal of the plate 9 it may be cut away at 24 at its right end and lower corner, Fig. 1. The plate 18 in Fig. 4 is inserted, as before explained, by arrangit on the backing over the locking device 1T and then moving it down into the bead 2O and laterally to the left under lip 19 until locking device 17 engages its right end; and this plate mary?7 be removed by depressing locking device l and moving the plate to the right and up on the backing out of bead 20.

I am aware that changes in the form. construction and arrangement of parts may be made without departing from the spirit or acrificing the advantages of the invention and I reserve the right to make all such changes as fall within the scope of the following claims;

I claim:

1. A printing device comprising a bodyhaving an openingtherein, a printing plate having printing characters thereon, means on the body for supporting said printing plate in said opening, and retaining means on said supporting means for securing the printing plate thereon.

2. A printing device comprising a body having an opening therein, a printing plate having printing characters thereon, a backing on said body over said opening, and means on said backing for retaining the printing plate thereon and`in said opening.

3. A printing device comprising a relatively large body made of light material and having an opening therein to receive a printing plate, a backing of substantial material secured to the body over said opening, a printing plate having printing characters thereon, and retaining means on the backing for detachably securmg the printing plate thereon and in said opening.

4. A printing device compri-sing a cardboard body having an opening therein to receive a printing plate, a metal backing secured on the back of the body over said opening, a printing plate having printing characters thereon, and retaining means on the backing for detachably securin the printing plate on the front of the bac ing and in said opening. y

A printing device comprising a body having an opening therein, a metal backing secured to the body over said opening, a printing plate having printing characters thereon, and retaining means struck up from the backing for engaging the printing plate at its margin for detachably securing the printing plate on the backing and in said opening.

6. A printing device comprising a body having an opening therein to receive a printing plate, a metal backing secured to the body over said opening. a printing plate having rinting characters thereon, said opening eing of suiicient width to receive relatively large printing plates, and retaining means integral with the backinur and located adjacent edges of the opening zlor en aging edges of the printing plate to detacha ly secure a printing plate on the backing and in said opening.

ELMER F. RICHTER. 

